Glimpses of sunshine and shade in the far North; or, My travels in the land of the midnight sun . rough these notedwaters. Miles Canon is grand! On either side the greatcliffs rise perpendicularly and are so formed by naturethat they seem to be the work of man rather than ofGod, so very regular are the immense pillars that appearlike columns ofarchitecture, and the red, green and grayetone harmonizing in natural confusion, lends additionalcharm to these massive walls, at the foot of which thefierce waters raged. White Horse Rapids seem less dangerous to me thanMiles Canon; much wider and not b
Glimpses of sunshine and shade in the far North; or, My travels in the land of the midnight sun . rough these notedwaters. Miles Canon is grand! On either side the greatcliffs rise perpendicularly and are so formed by naturethat they seem to be the work of man rather than ofGod, so very regular are the immense pillars that appearlike columns ofarchitecture, and the red, green and grayetone harmonizing in natural confusion, lends additionalcharm to these massive walls, at the foot of which thefierce waters raged. White Horse Rapids seem less dangerous to me thanMiles Canon; much wider and not bounded by high cliffs,although the waters plunge and roar madly over therocks which throw the foaming, spraying waves high intothe air. After watching a number of boats come throughand having been joined by my brother, we walked quitea distance to where our barge was landed. We saw anumber of Indians camped at White Horse and alongthe trail. The mosquitoes which had annoyed us some beforewere more numerous and irritated us quite a great deallure. As we walked along we saw a number whose boats. I D GLORY GOING THROUGH MILKS CANON, I2T THE FAR NORTH 49 had gone to pieces, or been damaged in the canon orWhite Horse Rapids. They were drying outfits and re-pairing boats. After a five oclock dinner we spent a pleasantevening and retired early. We started at eight a. very shortly afterward got on a sandbar whichcaused our crew some labor and a good wetting but de-layed us only a few moments as they succeeded in push-ing us off very soon. This was a pleasant day of smooth sailing and fineviews. We passed the Taceenah River and soon sailedinto Lake Le Barge. In the afternoon we encounteredheavy swells which made me a little dizzy. Towardevening we found a pleasant little place where wesnubbed in. We spent a couple of days in this attrac-tive place waiting for a favorable wind. There wasone advantage in being delayed as it gave us an oppor-tunity of exploring so much more of the co
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